The Day Our Promise Breaks

Chapter 269

Whenever Dahlia played the damsel in distress, Charles couldn't help but soften. But today was different.

"Charles..." Dahlia's voice trembled as she was about to pull out her trump card, but Charles cut her off.

"I just spoke with Zack."

Hearing Zack's name made Dahlia flinch. Zack was one of Charles's closest friends, and their meet-ups were nothing out of the ordinary.

But for Charles to bring him up now, with that serious look, it was hard for Dahlia not to think of the ugly truth she'd been hiding. Still, she clung to a thread of hope. Charles trusted her completely; surely, he hadn't looked into her secrets.

Trying to keep her cool, Dahlia responded as if nothing was amiss. "Why didn't you invite Zack over? It's been ages since I last saw him. Let's have him over, and I'll whip up something special..."

"Dahlia, aren't you curious about what he shared with me?" Charles's voice was icy, cutting through her facade.

Zack, Charles felt he was looking at a stranger. Where was the Debbie who couldn't lie without stammering, who was so transparently

always known Debbie couldn't lie. So when Dahlia confidently told him she hadn't done something, he believed

Did you know that the

Though she didn't understand why Charles and Zack suddenly brought up that painful

she fired back, her

etched into his featuresz "Dahlia why? Why didn't you speak up when you knew

right? Had Dahlia really

felt I had no choice Dahlia sobbed, cradling her face

BUMS

Sandy means to me, even though having

used to resent her, despise her. Her existence was

and there were times I even thought

she grew inside me, I started to love her. She was my companion through countless lonely